Vikramaditya Motwane

Early and personal life

His father is Sindhi Hindu while his mother is Bengali Hindu. He is married to photographer Ishika Mohan, who appeared in his debut, Udaan, as Rohan's mother.

Career

Motwane was a long-time assistant of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and collaborated with Bhansali on the films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002). He directed the song sequences in Anurag Kashyap's unreleased film Paanch (2003) and was Choreographer on Deepa Mehta's Academy Award-nominated film Water (2005).

Motwane released his debut feature film, entitled Udaan (2010), for Anurag Kashyap's production house, Anurag Kashyap Films, on 16 July 2010, which won seven Filmfare awards including Filmfare critics award for best movie and also won him the Best Director Award at the 2011 Star Screen Awards.

Motwane's second film, a period romance called Lootera, was released on 5 July 2013.

Motwane's third film was a survival drama called Trapped. The film had its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival on 26 October 2016, where it was praised and received a Standing ovation. The film was released theatrically on 17 March 2017 to universal critical acclaim. The movie also won the award for 'Best Asian Film' by Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in 2017.

Motwane created American streaming company Netflix's first Indian series 'Sacred Games', based on the novel of the same name by Vikram Chandra and directed it along with Anurag Kashyap. The series was met with critical acclaim and Netflix then commissioned a second season for it later.

Motwane was co-owner of Phantom Films, a film production company, with Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, and Madhu Mantena that dissolved in 2018.

In June 2020, it was announced that Motwane will be adapting the 2019 non-fiction book Black Warrant into a web series. The rights are jointly acquired by his production company Andolan Films and writer-journalist Josy Joseph's Confluence Media.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

References

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7. [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/06/6996/index.html Winners of 17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011] {{webarchive. link. (9 January 2011 ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'', 6 January 2011)
8. (7 January 2011). "Star Screen Awards 2011: Salman Khan, Vidya Balan win top honours". [[The Economic Times.
9. (6 July 2018). "Sacred Games: How India's first Netflix original came together". Hindustan Times.
10. (5 June 2020). "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt Black Warrant into series, to bring unheard Tihar Jail stories on screen". India Today.
11. (5 June 2020). "Vikramaditya Motwane to adapt 'Black Warrant' into series". The Week.